#retrocomputing

A few months ago, without fanfare or announcement, I started working on a new project: a brand new, handcrafted, open source Z-machine interpreter for the Apple II. This was partly inspired by Microsoft open sourcing Zork last year, and partly by the relentless flood of slop in the #retrocomputing community, and partly because I wasn't sure I could do it. After learning more about Z-machine, @a2_qkumba@mastodon.social and I settled on an insane design goal: Trinity in 64K. #AppleII #interactivefiction

A fascinating little piece of Australia's early computing history: The MicroBee. In the early 1980s, a group of engineers in Gosford designed and built a home-grown computer that competed against the likes of the IBM PC, Apple 2, and Commodore 64. At one stage, Apple even offered to buy the company to get a foothold in Australian schools. Here's the story of the rise, fall, and return (?) of the MicroBee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idt-g_UQbqw #MicroBee #retrocomputing #retrocomputer @retrogaming

Hacking the T-Mobile Sidekick, 20 Years Too Late via @robey@messydesk.social https://lobste.rs/s/f1nsnm #retrocomputing #reversing https://x86.cx/blog/redanger

I need you to understand that in 1997 I thought this was the most elegant and beautiful set of wallpaper I'd ever seen and I would regularly cycle through these. Behold, the example images for the BerzBench patterns on the Amiga. See how we lived! #retrocomputing #amiga

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117571231951001103 For the old timers here, yes this is the same screen saver from 26 years ago which is evidently still going strong and it's apparently the same Jim Sachs who was lead artist on Defender of the Crown (which turned 40 this year)!? 🤯💙🐠 #RetroComputing #Amiga #Cinemaware

The ULC Audio Codec is a Perfect Fit for the N64 https://lobste.rs/s/cm9b92 #retrocomputing https://phoboslab.org/log/2026/11/n64-ulc-codec

Someone at work was talking about version 20 of a tool, which they abbreviated as "V20". For a second I thought they meant the improved NEC 8088. Sometimes #retrocomputing is an oddly useful hobby! Other times, not so much.

Ruffle: Stable Releases, API, Text... and Everything Else https://lobste.rs/s/zqiizd #games #retrocomputing #rust https://ruffle.rs/blog/2026/11/04/stable-releases-and-everything-else

35 years ago, my dad chose an Intel 80386 over a typewriter – and sparked a lifelong obsession. With 1 MB RAM, a 40 MB hard drive, and a color CRT monitor, I was completely hooked. Within weeks, I had figured out COM1 vs. LPT1 and was obsessively tweaking autoexec.bat and config.sys for expanded memory. While friends played on C64s and Ataris, this was my true beginning in tech. #RetroComputing #DOS #Intel386 #VintageTech #Memories

I'd like to introduce @v4siliy@fosstodon.org, who's just joined Fosstodon! I know Vasiliy personally, and he's one of those genuinely intelligent people who always have something interesting up their sleeve. And here's a little spoiler: he might have some fascinating projects involving retro devices to share soon! 👀 If you're into retro tech, give him a follow. I have a feeling it'll be worth it! 😉 #RetroComputing #RetroTech #Introduction

Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996? via @fanf@mendeddrum.org https://lobste.rs/s/1gndxr #games #retrocomputing https://nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2026/algorithmic-improvements-chess.html

Socketwench makes videos about electronics, 3D printing, retro computing and related topics. You can follow at: ➡️ @socketwench@makertube.net (Don't worry if the account looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow and the videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.) You can also follow her non-video account at @socketwench@masto.hackers.town#FeaturedPeerTube #Electronics #RetroComputing #3DPrinting #PeerTube

"Finally, pity the poor Macintosh workers at Apple. In the heyday, one benefit for the Mac team was company paid-for massages at your workstation. They were called 'stress reduction treatments.' But with a little pain in the muscle of Macintosh sales, Steve says, 'No more back rubs.'" #apple #retrocomputing

📌 #Introduction Developer of 34 years for #SAMCoupe #computer - #hardware, #software, #gamedev and #magazine. Plus #Retrocomputing hardware for #RC2014, #ZXSpectrum, #MicroBeast, #Soundchip, #Electronics. St. Andrews graduate. Award winning industrial embedded designer. ➡️ SAM Coupe 🌐 https://www.samcoupe.com ⭐️ Quazar Surround soundcard - new edition. ⭐️ VIC-20 Cartridge Interface ⭐️ SAM Revival 9 revamp (with Manic Miner) 🔹 SAM Revival 11 revamp 🔹 SAM Revival issue 26 🔹 Mechanical Keyboard 🔹 Trinity Ethernet Interface v1.2 (with SD / SDHC card mass storage) ➡️ RC2014 / RCbus Compatibles / Microbeast / SC / Other 🌐 https://2014.samcoupe.com 🌟 ZX True Tone v2.0 (ZXTT) 🌟 MicroBeast 3 Way Expansion Card ⭐️ SAA1099P Soundchip Interface ⭐️ SID Soundchip Interface V1.3 🔹 Graphic OLED Interface ➡️ ZX Spectrum 🌐 https://zx.samcoupe.com ⭐️ ZX 2 Way Expansion Interface 🔹 ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface 🔹 Interface 2 style Flash Cart 🔹 ROM cart int. Full links, eBay, etc... 🌐 https://linktr.ee/quazarsamcoupe

Hi infosec.exchange 👋 #introduction I'm Seven. In the early 2000s I was writing AIM "progs" in VB6: punters, clone loaders, bots. Learned security by poking at AOL's protocols before most of the rules existed. These days: C#, PHP, web security and AI tooling. I'll be posting about web security, old-school exploits vs. modern defenses, and internet history. Archive: https://sevlegend.com Code: https://github.com/seven305/aim-progs-archive #infosec #websecurity #appsec #retrocomputing

Don't summon the dark forces—just run NetBSD! Portable, clean, and reliable enough to wake the dead (or at least that 20-year-old ThinkPad in your closet). 💻🚩 Happy Halloween to all the BSD daemons out there! 😈🎃 What’s the weirdest hardware you’ve resurrected with NetBSD? 🧙‍♂️ #NetBSD #Unix #Halloween #RetroComputing #OpenSource #RunBSD #Linux #noai #nollm #noslop

It's time for a retrocomputing and small web revival. And I mean hardware, software, the Internet. All of it. I love my fiber Internet connection but would gladly give it up to go back to when computing was actually fun and we didn't have to worry about what we're worrying about in today's world. Yes, I'm old, but I've never been more serious. #retroComputing #smallWeb

Infinite Mac: BeOS https://lobste.rs/s/fskctn #retrocomputing https://blog.persistent.info/2026/10/infinite-mac-beos.html

Sylphide Operating System: a FreeRTOS-based OS for MCU-based computers https://lobste.rs/s/vhnaoy #retrocomputing https://projects.freehackers.org/sylphide-os/

My favourite PowerMac is a Nintendo Wii via @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt https://lobste.rs/s/siebde #retrocomputing #reversing https://virtuallyfun.com/2026/10/29/my-favourite-powermac-is-a-nintendo-wii/